The preservation conditions and otolith microchemistry of the naked carp Gymnocypris przewalskii (Kessler) sampled near the Bird Island, offshore Lake Qinghai indicated that the water level of Lake Qinghai during the Ming Dynasty of China was at least 8 meters higher than the present, i.e. an area of 220 km2 larger than now. This work was published on Issue 8 of Science China: Earth Sciences (in both Chinese and English versions) in 2014.
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